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Jill Stein Expected to Face Trespassing/Vandalism Charges
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She's so tough she won't take 'yes' for an answer.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JNCF on Wednesday September 07 2016, @06:30PM
I've never wanted to vote for Jill Stein more than after watching that video. I disagree with her national politics wholeheartedly (I'd totally vote for her as Mayor), but there's a soft spot in my heart for people who are willing to respond to military aggression by actually breaking the law. Oh, you think you can move construction equipment in to build your pipeline without local consent? Okay, we'll start by painting it pretty colors. So lulzy! I didn't even realize that the Army Corps of Engineers was somehow involved in construction until I read the linked articles, I haven't paid any attention to the Keystone XL in years.
She's pretty horrible at graffiti, though.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @08:49PM
For those who haven't made up their minds on that: A 220kB infographic
Jill, NOT Hill [blogspot.com]
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(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Thursday September 08 2016, @04:34PM
Agreed and her getting a fine for this only highlights the differences.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday September 08 2016, @04:57PM
A fine? Has she appeared in court already?
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(Score: 2) by Yog-Yogguth on Friday September 09 2016, @10:01AM
I think she has been fined already or at least that's the impression I got but not sure if that involves a court appearance or not, it's a fairly small fine so I doubt it would, same for her VP btw.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 07 2016, @08:54PM
This is nowhere near the 1st time that Doc Stein has stood up against injustice.
Here's the good doctor being arrested while protesting Fannie Mae foreclosures in Philadelphia, August, 01, 2012 [archive.li]
(with running mate Cheri Honkala)
Here she is at the Wisconsin state capitol protesting Scott Walker and his Reactionary politics in December 16, 2011 [archive.li]
Note the heavy coat.
I'm only surprised that the photo doesn't show her breath condensing.
(Neoliberal Obama never showed.)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @02:06AM
Watergate! Impeach!
Trespassing is what got Dick Nixon impeached. Why should Jill Stein get away with it?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 08 2016, @05:58PM
Nixon's "Plumbers", at a minimum, faced charges of Breaking and Entering (the locked doors at Ted Kennedy's campaign headquarters in the Watergate Complex).
That's a felony, where trespassing is an infraction (not even a misdemeanor).
Had Nixon been impeached, the charge would have been conspiracy to obstruct a federal investigation (a felony).
Spray painting a slogan on a piece of heavy equipment, which can be painted over by someone else with a minimum of effort/materials, sounds, at most, like a misdemeanor to me.
The events are not even remotely congruent.
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday September 08 2016, @02:21AM
Once again, I don't like any of the choices, but Jill is looking more and more like the best choice.
The other lesser evil, Johnson, has come out in opposition to deporting illegal aliens. He won't even acknowledge the term "illegal aliens", saying that the term is inflammatory.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other, between Stein and Johnson - but once again, either of those is vastly better than the MSM's offerings.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday September 12 2016, @04:33PM
Amy Goodman, who says she was reporting for Democracy Now!, has been charged with trespassing in connection with the protests. She could be imprisoned for a month and fined $500.
http://www.wdaz.com/news/north-dakota/4112656-reporter-who-documented-guard-dogs-charged-trespassing-pipeline-protest [wdaz.com]
https://www.thenation.com/article/north-dakota-wants-to-arrest-democracy-nows-amy-goodman-for-engaging-in-journalism/ [thenation.com]
https://jezebel.com/north-dakota-issues-arrest-warrant-for-democracy-now-h-1786500166 [jezebel.com]
(Score: 2) by takyon on Monday September 12 2016, @08:45PM
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/12/north_dakota_v_amy_goodman_arrest [democracynow.org]
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